Innocence (Figure of Girl — Dahlov)

Copied William Zorach, Innocence (Figure of Girl - Dahlov), 1928, cast and patinated plaster, 49 1⁄8 x 8 1⁄2 x 10 1⁄4 in. (124.8 x 21.6 x 26.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.143

Artwork Details

Title
Innocence (Figure of Girl — Dahlov)
Artist
Date
1928
Location
Dimensions
49 1⁄8 x 8 1⁄2 x 10 1⁄4 in. (124.8 x 21.6 x 26.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar
Mediums
Mediums Description
cast and patinated plaster
Classifications
Subjects
  • Allegory — quality — innocence
  • Portrait female — Zorach, Dahlov — child
  • Portrait female — Zorach, Dahlov — nude
Object Number
1968.154.143
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1968.154.143

Artwork Description

William Zorach’s daughter Dahlov posed for many of his drawings and sculptures. He loved his children dearly and based much of his art on his relationships with them. Their “secret lives” and creative spirits particularly fascinated Zorach, so that when Dahlov began painting at an early age, he saved everything she ever made. When she was eighteen, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City produced a show of her work titled Exhibition of Creative Growth.

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